Patents by Inventor Noriko UMEMOTO

Noriko UMEMOTO has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR ACTIVATING MUSCLE REMODELING
    Publication number: 20190247415
    Abstract: This document provides methods and materials for activating muscle remodeling. For example, methods and materials for using GAR1 inhibitors to activate muscle remodeling are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Stephen C. EKKER, Noriko UMEMOTO
  • Imaging little fish management device and little fish imaging plate used in the same
    Patent number: 10258990
    Abstract: An imaging plate includes a plurality of wells individually accommodating little fishes, and the little fishes inside the wells are imaged from bottom portions of the wells. In order to adjust imaging posture or imaging positions of the little fishes inside the wells, an imaging little fish management device includes a water unit which supplies and discharges water into and from each well of the imaging plate. The water inside each well flows through a discharge hole provided laterally at a lowermost portion of each well. The water unit is also used to breed the little fishes of the wells of the imaging plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION MIE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Toshio Tanaka, Yasuhito Shimada, Noriko Umemoto, Masaru Obata, Masatoshi Hashimoto
  • IMAGING LITTLE FISH MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND LITTLE FISH IMAGING PLATE USED IN THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160023207
    Abstract: An imaging plate includes a plurality of wells individually accommodating little fishes, and the little fishes inside the wells are imaged from bottom portions of the wells. In order to adjust imaging posture or imaging positions of the little fishes inside the wells, an imaging little fish management device includes a water unit which supplies and discharges water into and from each well of the imaging plate. The water inside each well flows through a discharge hole provided laterally at a lowermost portion of each well. The water unit is also used to breed the little fishes of the wells of the imaging plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Toshio TANAKA, Yasuhito SHIMADA, Noriko UMEMOTO, Masaru OBATA, Masatoshi HASHIMOTO